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Sociolinguistics from the Periphery "presents a fascinating book about change: shifting political, economic and cultural conditions; ephemeral, sometimes even seasonal, multilingualism; and altered imaginaries for minority and indigenous languages and their users."

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"Translation has always been the lifeblood of the African continent, fromthe earliest pre-colonial times, during the colonial scramble for Africa aswell as in the modern globalised context, but there has to date been littleaccess to African research in translation studies for researchers. Thisbook responds admirably to the challenge, presenting various perspectiveson this rapidly developing discipline, including the importance oftranslation in shaping African history and culture, an examination of thepersonal and the self-conscious in the praxis of translation, as well astopics such as the translation of children’s literature, educationalinterpreting at multilingual universities and the challenges of trainingtranslators in post-apartheid South Africa. This is a book which raisesstrong awareness of issues, as well as making us all aware that there is somuch more that remains unexplored."- Dr Kim Wallmach, Department of Linguistics, University of South Africa.

Africa is a massive continent with many multicultural nations, wheretranslation and interpretation are everyday occurrences. Translationstudies has flourished in Africa in the last decade, with countries oftenhaving several official languages.

The primary objective of this volume is to bring together research articleson translation and interpreter studies in Africa, written mainly, but notexclusively, by researchers living and working in the region. The focus ison the translation of literature and on the uses of interpreting. Itprovides a clear idea of the state and direction of research, andhighlights research that is not commonly disseminated in North Africa andEurope.

This book is an essential text for students and researchers working intranslation studies, African studies and in African linguistics.